The road back from Tommy John surgery continued for Arizona Diamondbacks’ right-hander Daniel Hudson Wednesday. The 26-year-old threw six innings against a team of San Francisco Giants at Extended Spring Training at Salt River Fields in Scottsdale, allowing four earned runs and seven hits. He struck out three and walked one while throwing 74 pitches […]
It’s 11:22 AM on Memorial Day, just over an hour away from the first pitch of the day fixture of the Diamondbacks’ day-night doubleheader, and a beaming Didi Gregorius is signing balls and hats and baseball cards for fans standing above Chase Field’s home dugout. As he works his way down the line, he signs […]
Right before the 2013 Major League Baseball season started, ESPN’s Keith Law released his list of the top prospects in all of baseball. Twenty-year-old Archie Bradley ranked 29th on Law’s list. What a difference two months can make. Law released his revised list Tuesday morning and Bradley has moved up 20 spots to number nine […]
Five runs scored in game one. Five runs scored in game two. It all adds up to a Diamondbacks’ sweep of the Texas Rangers in the lone scheduled doubleheader in the MLB this season. Cliff Pennington singled just inside the first base bag to score Miguel Montero with the game-winning run in the bottom of […]
Left-hander Tyler Skaggs was back in the Arizona Diamondbacks clubhouse Monday for the first time since spring training, and made his first big league start since September 20, 2012. He looked in control during his six innings of work and pitched through a tough Texas Rangers lineup en route to an impressive 5-3 victory. “Come […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks celebrated Memorial Day with an impressive doubleheader sweep over the best team in baseball, the Texas Rangers. The D-backs won with starting pitching and timely hitting in Game 1 and needed a thrilling comeback in Game 2 to get by Yu Darvish and Co. Take a look back at a memorable day […]
Willie Bloomquist hasn’t played a game with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2013, but the veteran infielder’s return could come sooner rather than later. Bloomquist, who was put on the 15-day disabled list on March 27 with a right intercostal strain, had an impressive stint with Triple-A Reno over the weekend. On Friday and Saturday night, […]
The Diamondbacks took Game 1 of their doubleheader against the Rangers at Chase Field 5-3 on Monday afternoon. Tyler Skaggs earned the win, throwing six solid innings and shutting down a Texas offense that owned the fourth best batting average in the Majors at .270 coming into the game. Skaggs was called up to replace […]
PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks made a special effort to honor those who served on Memorial Day. From special shirts to a memory expert, the D-backs took advantage of their doubleheader with the Texas Rangers to make Monday a special day at the ballpark. Ron White, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, is a […]
52 games into the 2013 season, the Arizona Diamondbacks are alone atop the NL West standings. Although the D-backs have been hit hard by a litany of injuries, suffered notable late-inning letdowns from their bullpen and received inconsistent pitching from the top-end of the rotation, Kirk Gibson and Co. have been able to weather the […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks took the final game of their weekend series against the San Diego Padres 6-5 Sunday. Starter Patrick Corbin wasn’t as sharp as he had been over his previous nine starts but it was enough to get the job done. He allowed seven hits, four runs, three earned in six-plus innings of work. […]
Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Ian Kennedy was scheduled to start the second game of Monday’s doubleheader against the Texas Rangers but will be forced to miss his Memorial Day appearance due to a lacerated finger on his throwing hand. D-backs manager Kirk Gibson told reporters before Sunday’s game that Kennedy suffered the injury while cleaning dishes. […]
Three top pitching prospects are about to take over the 2013 season and your fantasy roster. Act now and you could have a trident of rookie pitching helping to carry you to the playoffs. One of them has already made his Major League debut this season, another’s team has stated he’ll be doing so soon […]
A strange fourth inning lost the Diamondbacks their two-run lead and ousted starting pitcher Wade Miley from the game after just 3.2 innings pitched on Saturday at Chase Field. Chaos ensued after Eric Chavez dove to stab a sharply-hit Carlos Quentin groundball, only to misplace the ball, confusedly looking at shortstop Didi Gregorius for help […]
If there was such a thing as a utility pitcher, Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Josh Collmenter would unquestionably fit the mold. As a rookie in 2011, Collmenter was a key fixture in the D-backs’ starting rotation, and helped the team win an NL West title with 10 wins and a 3.38 ERA. Unfortunately for the Michigan […]
Rookie shortstop Didi Gregorius has gotten off to a quite start at the plate for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2013. Gregorius, who was acquired from the Cincinnati Reds as part of a three-team trade this offseason, came to Arizona with a reputation for being a solid defender but was not expected to contribute much offensively. […]
Arizona Diamondbacks shortstop Willie Bloomquist shined in his first rehabilitation start for Triple-A Reno on Friday night. Bloomquist, who started at second base and hit leadoff for Reno, went 2-for-4 with four RBIs and a run scored in the Aces’ 8-5 win over the Tacoma Rainiers. The 35-year-old was placed on the D-backs’ 15-day disabled […]
One streak continues. One streak ends. The Diamondbacks remain the lone team to not be shut out this season, while the shutout streak of starter Brandon McCarthy is over. The Diamondbacks win their season-high third straight home game beating the San Diego Padres 5-2 in front of 24,043 at Chase Field Friday. Held to three […]
Days away from a possible return to the big league club, Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Adam Eaton has once again been shut down. On a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno, Eaton said he made a throw home and “kind of didn’t feel right. (The elbow) didn’t recover as well. It didn’t feel as well as it […]
While on the air with Arizona Sports 620’s Doug and Wolf Friday, Brad Ziegler said “sure” – he’d like to close. “Why not,” Ziegler responded when asked about the opportunity to earn a save. “But I have no problem with Heath (Bell) being there now. I have no problem with David (Hernandez) being there. I […]
Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Daniel Hudson is working to get back on the mound. Having suffered an elbow injury last season that required Tommy John surgery, the 26-year-old has spent most of the last year or so watching games instead of pitching in them, which hasn’t been easy. But, as he told Arizona Sports 620’s […]
Arizona Diamondbacks president and CEO Derrick Hall told Arizona Sports 620’s Doug & Wolf on Thursday afternoon that he expected rookie Didi Gregorius to be the team’s everyday shortstop going forward. The comment came as no surprise, considering the 23-year-old is leading Major League rookies who have at least 50 at-bats in batting average, with […]
Word came out Wednesday that Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Adam Eaton had suffered a small setback in his recovery from a left elbow strain. As it turns out the soreness the 24-year-old felt is nothing to be alarmed about. The D-backs released a statement Thursday saying Eaton met with Dr. Michael Lee, who determined there is […]
Patrick Corbin has certainly pitched like the ace of the Arizona Diamondbacks over the season’s first two months. In fact, he’s been arguably the best and most consistent starting pitcher in the majors. D-backs general manager Kevin Towers told Arizona Sports 620’s Doug & Wolf Wednesday that Corbin has unequivocally earned the title of staff […]
Carlos Gonzalez hit a solo home run to right field in the bottom of the first inning and added an RBI triple in the third which proved to be enough for Jorge De La Rosa and three relievers as the Colorado Rockies downed the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-1 at Coors Field Wednesday afternoon. Arizona dropped two […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks have a rare double-header scheduled for Memorial Day against the Texas Rangers at Chase Field. And in keeping with MLB’s patriotic-themed Memorial Day tradition, they’ll be breaking out new hats and jerseys for the twin bill. But in a change from years past, this season’s Memorial Day duds wont feature some variation […]
Read an interesting sabermetrics-type article on Paul Goldschmidt by Scott Spratt of ESPN the other day. His article was about how Goldschmidt was “Setting the MVP Pace”. Now for anyone who listens to the show, they know I am the furthest thing from a sabermetrics geek. I’m just not that interested in some of those […]
Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Adam Eaton has been out since spring training due to a left elbow strain, but he seemed to be nearing a return after going through rehab and playing some minor league games. However, he may have hit a bit of a speed bump. #Dbacks OF Adam Eaton has returned to Phx to […]
The Arizona Diamondbacks looked lifeless through first six innings of Tuesday’s contest at Coors Field. Colorado Rockies starter Jhoulys Chacin, who had already thrown 6 1/3 shutout innings against Arizona on April 19, had no problem picking up right where he left off. Kirk Gibson’s squad had just one hit through the first six frames […]
It seems like light years ago that Patrick Corbin was merely a contender for the fifth spot in the Arizona Diamondbacks’ starting rotation in 2013. Embroiled in a three-man competition with the highly-touted Tyler Skaggs and recently-acquired Randall Delgado, Corbin seemed to start the spring as the forgotten man in the position battle. That was […]
